Ferriss Quotes & Sayings

Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage. — Tim Ferriss

Even if you are predisposed to being overweight, you're not predestined to be fat. — Timothy Ferriss

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them. The first month cost perhaps $200 more than if I had been micromanaging. — Timothy Ferriss

Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up — Tim Ferriss

Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse. — Tim Ferriss

I use [Palumbo's] protein powder, by Species Nutrition. Every morning, I roll downstairs and: 2 scoops of whey protein [Isolyze], ice, a bunch of powdered Starbucks coffee, some macadamia nut oil, and I make a shake. That's the start. — Timothy Ferriss

Before spending time on a stress-inducing question or problem, consider this: If you can't define it or act upon it, forget it. — Timothy Ferriss

Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits. — Timothy Ferriss

Exercise is overrated. — Tim Ferriss

Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees. — Tim Ferriss

You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind.' - Timothy Leary. — Timothy Ferriss

As author P. J. O'Rourke puts it: Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive. — Timothy Ferriss

The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill that you develop. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It's just like building muscles. — Timothy Ferriss

It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks. — Timothy Ferriss

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses. — Timothy Ferriss

Age doesn't matter: an open mind does. — Timothy Ferriss

Tactics are great, but tactics become commoditized." TF: If you understand principles, you can create tactics. If you are dependent on perishable tactics, you are always at a disadvantage. This is why Ramit studies behavioral psychology and the elements of persuasion that appear hardwired. — Timothy Ferriss

all information and interruptions that are irrelevant, unimportant, or unactionable. — Timothy Ferriss

something like, "You're totally right. I never thought about that. — Timothy Ferriss

The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines. — Timothy Ferriss

you don't need to understand any of the biology, just as you don't need to understand radiation to use a microwave oven. — Timothy Ferriss

An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen. — Tim Ferriss

Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data. — Timothy Ferriss

Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. — Timothy Ferriss

I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical. — Timothy Ferriss

People, even good people, will unknowingly abuse your time to the extent that you let them. Set good rules for all involved to minimize back-and-forth and meaningless communication. — Timothy Ferriss

Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity. — Tim Ferriss

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder. — Tim Ferriss

I didn't survive, I prepared." Nelson Mandela's answer when Tony asked him, "Sir, how did you survive all those years in prison? — Timothy Ferriss

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least. — Tim Ferriss

Love, be loved, and never stop learning - — Timothy Ferriss

The options are limitless, but each path begins with the same first step: replacing assumptions. — Timothy Ferriss

But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first]. — Timothy Ferriss

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now ... — Tim Ferriss

Life is too short to be small. — Tim Ferriss

Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth. — Tim Ferriss

But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker. — Timothy Ferriss

There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye. — Tim Ferriss

In any situation in life, you only have three options. You always have three options. You can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it. What is not a good option is to sit around wishing you would change it but not changing it, wishing you would leave it but not leaving it, and not accepting it. It's that struggle, that aversion, that is responsible for most of our misery. The phrase that I probably use the most to myself in my head is just one word: accept. — Timothy Ferriss

Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important. — Tim Ferriss

At its core, I don't view Facebook as a social network. I think it could become the driver's license of the Internet. And beyond that, it can become the pipes and the plumbing upon what most of the Internet is built. I think it's very well positioned. — Timothy Ferriss

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger — Timothy Ferriss

What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer. — Tim Ferriss

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. — Timothy Ferriss

The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom. — Timothy Ferriss

Refuse to accept partial completeness. — Timothy Ferriss

You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. To — Timothy Ferriss

A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost. — Timothy Ferriss

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too. — Tim Ferriss

You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued. — Tim Ferriss

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Do not expect work to fill a void that non-work relationships and activities should. — Timothy Ferriss

Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. — Tim Ferriss

This idea that we're either courageous or chicken shit is just not true, because most of us are afraid and brave at the exact same moment, all day long. — Timothy Ferriss

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming. — Tim Ferriss

When you're the first in a new category, promote the category. In essence, you have no competition. DEC told its prospects why they ought to buy a minicomputer, not a DEC minicomputer. In — Timothy Ferriss

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long" "How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love" "9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings" Anything about Alan Watts: "Alan Watts has changed my life. I've written about him quite a bit. — Timothy Ferriss

Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small. — Tim Ferriss

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. — Timothy Ferriss

I overhear Bobby Flay say, "Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It's that simple." I — Timothy Ferriss

In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think. — Tim Ferriss

We should remember the warning of the wise Grail knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: "You must choose, but choose wisely, for as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you."
Choose the highest-yield material and you can be an idiot and enjoy stunning success. Choose poorly and, as the Grail knight implied, you're screwed no matter what. You'll chase your own tail for years. — Timothy Ferriss

Sometimes having no experience is a huge advantage. Age doesn't matter; an open mind does. — Timothy Ferriss

If you take a print magazine with a million person circulation, and a blog with a devout readership of 1 million, for the purpose of selling anything that can be sold online, the blog is infinitely more powerful, because it's only a click away. — Timothy Ferriss

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work. — Timothy Ferriss

On the Advantage of Cultivating Beginner's Mind "Experience often deeply embeds the assumptions that need to be questioned in the first place. When you have a lot of experience with something, you don't notice the things that are new about it. You don't notice the idiosyncrasies that need to be tweaked. You don't notice where the gaps are, what's missing, or what's not really working. — Timothy Ferriss

Just-in-time" information instead of "just-in-case" information. — Timothy Ferriss

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. - WILLIAM GIBSON, — Timothy Ferriss

Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses. — Tim Ferriss

Nothing can match the wonderment that comes from staring up into the star-filled canopy above and realizing that you are a part of that creation. — Tim Ferriss

everything changes. Snow becomes water. It's beautiful because it changes. Things are fleeting. It felt so beautiful to be part of this weird world in that moment. I felt part of the world again, rather than removed from it. It — Timothy Ferriss

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. - BILL COSBY — Timothy Ferriss

Dreamline Questions:
What are you good at?
What could you be the best at?
What makes you happy?
What excites you?
What makes you feel accomplished and good about yourself?
What are you most proud of having accomplished in your life? Can you repeat this or further develop it?
What do you enjoy sharing or experiencing with other people? — Timothy Ferriss

Bad dog. Hit yourself with a newspaper and cut it out. — Timothy Ferriss

Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less. — Tim Ferriss

The way that you become world-class is ... by asking good questions. — Tim Ferriss

The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their emotions and their actions, however unconscious of this they may be. — Hugh Ferriss

There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions ... — Tim Ferriss

BLAMING IDIOTS FOR interruptions is like blaming clowns for scaring children - they can't help it. It's their nature. Then again, I had (who am I kidding - and have), on occasion, been known to create interruptions out of thin air. If you're anything like me, that makes us both occasional idiots. Learn to recognize and fight the interruption impulse. This is infinitely easier when you have a set of rules, responses, and routines to follow. — Timothy Ferriss

Food became for me a way of becoming self-sufficient with my hands, to regain manual literacy, which I think has been lost on our generation and certainly younger generations. Very few people can actually make things with their hands and do things with their hands. — Timothy Ferriss

No newspapers, magazines, audiobooks, or nonmusic radio. Music is permitted at all times. No news websites whatsoever (cnn, drudgereport, msn,10 etc.). No television at all, except for one hour of pleasure viewing each evening. No reading books, except for this book and one hour of fiction11 pleasure reading prior to bed. No web surfing at the desk unless it is necessary to complete a work task for that day. Necessary means necessary, not nice to have. — Timothy Ferriss

The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions. — Tim Ferriss

I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action. — Tim Ferriss

Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it. — Tim Ferriss

If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny. — Tim Ferriss

Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile. — Tim Ferriss

you never want to solve a research problem with language. You — Timothy Ferriss

The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.' — Timothy Ferriss

If the challenge we face doesn't scare us, then it's probably not that important. — Tim Ferriss

If you start out with a little telescope observing the stars and you keep at it over the years, as I have, it's kind of a dream to one day have an observatory where you can always go and use the telescope conveniently. — Timothy Ferriss

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you. — Timothy Ferriss

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. — Timothy Ferriss

Many a false step was made by standing still. — Timothy Ferriss

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time. — Timothy Ferriss

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible. — Tim Ferriss

You are forced to shed artificial constraints, like shedding a skin, to realize that you had the ability to renegotiate your reality all along. It just takes practice. — Timothy Ferriss

Simon received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his contribution to organizational decision making: It is impossible to have perfect and complete information at any given time to make a decision. — Timothy Ferriss

Out of clutter, find simplicity. - Albert Einstein — Timothy Ferriss

Being busy is not the same as being productive. — Timothy Ferriss

The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and have 40-100 copies in many stores, managers have almost no choice but to put them in prime real estate like front-of-store, end caps, or front window. — Timothy Ferriss